Rwanda: Ingabire Marie Immaculee asanga mu nzego zo hejuru hakiri ruswa y’ikigugu

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Ingabire Marie Immaculee asanga mu nzego zo hejuru hakiri ruswa y'ikigugu Yanditswe kuwa 04-11-2013 Yanditswe na RACHEL

Mu gutangiza inama ngarukamwaka ya EAAACA (impuzamiryango yo kurwanya ruswa mu karere k'ibiyaga bigari) kuri uyu wa mbere Tariki ya 4 ugushyingo 2013, Umuyobozi wa Transparency Rwanda Madamu Ingabire Marie Immaculee yavuze ko mu nzego   zo hejuru hakiri ruswa y'ikigugu.

Ingabire Marie Immaculee

Aganira n'abanyamakuru Ingabire yavuze ko kimwe mu bihangayikishije imiryango ishinzwe kurwanya ruswa mu Rwanda harimo ko abayobozi bakomeye barya ruswa y'ikigugu ariko ntibimenyekane kuko baba bafite n'ubushobozi bwo kuyikingira ikibaba.

Agira Ati: "Biracyari ikibazo kuko no mu bakayirwanyije harimo abayirya kandi bakarya amafaranga menshi ku buryo babigira ubwiru, ndetse byanamenyekana bagahita bashaka abunganizi mu mategeko bo kubirimangatanya, ndetse hari n'abo Leta ihagarika mu kazi ariko nti bakurikiranwe ngasanga umuco wo kudahana ukwiye gucika."

Ingabire asanga ibi bikunze kugaragara  nko mu gutanga amasoko no mu zindi nzego bwite za Leta ariko ngo ibi bitandukanye na ruswa igaragara  muri Polisi ngo kuko ho  ruswa iba mu bapolisi bo hasi, agasanga inzego zose zikwiye guhagurukira rimwe zikimika imiyoborere myiza ndetse bagatanga n'amahirwe angana kuri rubanda.

Umuvunyi mukuru Aloyisia Cyanzayire

Umuvunyi mukuru Aloyisiya Cyanzayire avuga ko ikibazo cya ruswa yo kwica amategeko agenga amasoko gikomeye gusa hakaba hari ingamba nazo zikomeye zo kurwanya ruswa ndetse n'ibisa nayo. Muri izi ngamba harimo kuyikumira, kwibutsa inshingano n'ubukangurambaga ndetse no kuyihana mu buryo bukomeye (Zero Torrelance).

Ibibazo bya Ruswa mu  Karere bigiye bitandukanye igihugu ku kindi

Umuyobozi mukuru wa EAAACA Irene K. Mulyagonja ukomoka mu gihugu cya Uganda  avuga ko muri iki gihugu abenshi bakiyifata nk'inzira ibaganisha ku iterambere gusa iyi Leta ikaba yisunga ibindi bihugu mu guhana amakuru. Mulyagonja asaba  abayobozi batandukanye ko  bakwiye kugira ubushake mu kurangiza ikibazo cya ruswa muri aka Karere no ku Isi.

Bakevyumusaya Dismas umuyobozi wungirije mu rwego rwo ku rwanya ruswa mu gihugu cy'u Burundi  avuga ko  iki gihugu gifite  ibibazo bya ruswa bikomoka ku makimbirane yagiye aranga u Burundi  ndetse  akavuga ko benshi bavuga ko umuntu atabeshwaho n'umushahara gusa ngo ubu bakaba barashyizeho amategeko ndetse n'inzego zishikamye zo kurandurana ruswa n'imizi yayo.

Nk'uko bitangazwa na Minisitiri muri Perezidansi Tugireyezu Venantie avuga ko mu Rwanda  inzego zirimo  gushyirahamwe mu kurwanya ruswa,  aho hari byinshi byakozwe nko gushyiraho inzego zo gukumira, no kurandura Ruswa.

Agira ati:"Ubu dufite inzego zikomeye kandi zikorana. Muri zo harimo Polisi y'igihugu, urwego rw'Ubushinjacyaha, urwego rw'Umuvunyi, ubugenzuzi bw'imari ya Leta  n'izindi."

Tugireyezu kandi asanga hari umusaruro byatanze kuko ubu ruswa yahagurukiwe  ndetse ubu u Rwanda rukaba ruri kwisunga ibihugu by'amahanga ngo bakomeze gufatanya ibikorwa bitandukanye harimo no kurwanya Ruswa.

Minisitiri muri Perezidansi(i bumoso),Uwatangije urwego rw'umuvunyi Hon.Tito Rutaremara mu ijambo ry'umuyobozi wa EAAACA Irene Mulyagonja

Minisitiri mu biro bya Perezida wa Repuburika Venantie Tugireyezu

Kanzayire Bernadette i bumoso,na Minisitiri w'ibikorwa bya EAC Muhongayire Jacqueline

Abayobozi batandukanye bari muri iyi namabafashe ifoto

Ibihugu bitandukanye muri iyi nama

Hon. Tito Rutaremara wabimburiye abandi kuba Umuvunyi mukuru yabanje gusuhuza abakozi bakoranye wabonaga bamwishimiye

Abaturutse mu bihugu bitandukanye byo muri aka karere bibutse abaguye mu bitero i Westgate muri Kenya

 

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   KWIYONGERERA IMISHAHARA KU BATEGETSI NI UGUSONGA UWAREMBYE

   
   

   Muri iyi minsi harimo harasuzumwa imishinga y'amategeko yongerera imishahara n'amashimwe y'agatangaza adasanzwe abayobozi bakuru b'igihugu ndetse n'abadepite na ba Senateri . Abo bayobozi ngo bafite ibibazo by'ubukene ku buryo hejuru y'umusharara banakeneye guhabwa amafaranga y'agahimbazamusyi yo guhaha ibyo kurya, kwakira abashyitsi mu rugo no ku kazi, guhabwa amacumbi, kugurirwa ibikoresho byo mu nzu, kuvurwa n'ibindi. Ibyo birakurikira umushinga w'itegeko ryo kongerera «abanyapolitiki» bo ku rwego rwo hejuru amafaranga agera kuri 35%. Iyi mikorere isa no kunyunyuza igihugu ni ugusonga uwarembye kubera ko ubukungu buriho bucumbagira.

   Iyi mishinga yombi ntabwo isobanura ko iryo yongezwa ry'imishahara n'agahimbazamusyi rishingiye ku izamuka ry'umusaruro cyangwa iry'ubukungu bw'igihugu, nta nubwo inerekana ukuntu aba bayobozi bakuru b'igihugu n'abadepite aribo bugarijwe cyane n'ubukene ku buryo ari bo bonyine bakwiye kongererwa imishahara mu gihe abandi bakozi barimo abarimu, abasirikare, abapolisi n'abaganga nabo ubu barira ayo kwarika kubera guhembwa intica ntikize. Iyi mishinga irategurwa kandi mu gihe abayobozi b'inzego z'ibanze bagirwa inama zo kwizirika umukanda bagakorera ubushake kuko igihugu kidafite ubushobozi bwo kubabonera umushahara aribyo ntandaro ya ruswa iriho ica ibintu mu nzego z'ibanze.

   N'ubwo aba bayobozi bakuru basanzwe bahembwa akayabo bakanagenerwa n'ibya mirenge, Raporo y'ubugenzuzi bukuru bw'imari ya leta y'umwaka 2009-2010 yagejejwe ku Nteko ishinga amategeko ku wa 15 Gashyantare 2012, yererekana imicungire mibi y'imari n'umutungo wa Leta aho ku gace gato cyane kakorewe igenzura miliyari zisaga makumyabiri (20,000,000,000 frws) zaburiwe irengero bamwe muri aba bayobozi bakaba babifitemo uruhare. Ibi ni nako bivugwa mu mishinga y'ibikorwaremezo nk'amashyanyarazi ahavugwa za miliyoni z'amadorari ziburirwa irengero. Urugero ni umushinga w'amashyanyarazi wa Rukarara waheze mu kirere. Benshi mu bagira uruhare muri iyo micungire mibi ntibakurikiranwa.

   Mu gihe aba bayobozi bakuru bari gutegura imishinga y'amategeko ngo biyongerere imishahara n'andi mafaranga atagira ingano y'inyongera(avantages),mu gihe bagendera mu bimodoka bya karahabutaka,niko abaturage hirya no hino mu byaro ku bigo nderabuzima batagira uburyo bwo kugezwa ku bitaro bikuru ndetse bamwe bakahaburira ubuzima; niko bakwa imisoro y'ikirenga n'imisanzu itagira ingano kugira ngo imishahara yabo bayobozi iboneke; niko ibikorwa by'amajyambere mu byaro bikomeje kudindira na bike bikozwe bikabura gisana . Twibutse ko inzara ikomeje kuyogoza hirya no hino ndetse n'ibiciro by'ibiribwa ku masoko bigahora bizamuka.

   Iyi nkubiri yo kwiyongeza imishahara iraba mugihe ingengo y'imari u Rwanda rukoresha hafi 50% iva ku nkunga z'abagiraneza ubwo asigaye akaba ahanini ashakirwa mu misoro itangwa n' abaturage.

   Ishyaka FDU- INKINGI riramagana iyi mishinga y'amategeko yo kongera imishahara y'abayobozi mu gihe bitajyanye n'ubushobozi ndetse no kuzamuka k'ubukungu bw'igihugu. Mu gihe kandi ubuyobozi bwakwemeza ko ubukungu bwazamutse, izamuka ry'imishahara ntiryakorerwa bamwe ngo abandi basigare. Ubuyobozi bubereyeho gushyira imbere inyungu z'abanyarwanda muri rusange aho gukurura bwishyira. Iyi mikorere irasa no kunyunyuza rubanda.

   Ishyaka FDU-INKINGI rirasaba abayobozi ko aho kwiga imishinga yo kwiyongerera imishahara, ibiramambu ingufu zashyirwa mu kuzamura imibereho y'abanyarwanda , kugabanya ubushomeri bwugarije urubyiruko, gukemura ikibazo cy'uburezi, Kurwanya ihohoterwa ry'uburenganzira bw'ikiremwa muntu, kubaha no kubahiriza amahame ya demokarasi.

   FDU-Inkingi

   Boniface Twagirimana

   Visi-Perezida

    

   ABATEGETSI BAKOMEJE GUSAHURA UMUTUNGO WA LETA NTA NKURIKIZI.

   Gashyantare 24, 2012  

   Miriyari zisaga makumyabiri z'amafaranga y'amanyarwanda (FRW 20,000,000,000) z'umutungo wa Leta zararigise. Uwo mubare uwubona ushyize hamwe ibishushanyo n'imbonerahamwe zashyizwe ahagaragara na Raporo ya Komisiyo y'Inteko Nshingamategeko ishinzwe imikoreshereze y'imari bya Leta. Iyo Raporo yagejejwe ku Nteko Nshingamategeko kuri uyu 15 Gashyantare 2012, irerekana imicungire mibi y'imari n'umutungo wa Leta y'umwaka 2009-2010.

   Iyo raporo y'impapuro 59, iravuga inyerezwamutungo rirenze inzovu n'akayovu ryagaragaye muri ministeri, imishinga n'ibigo bya Leta 104 byagenzuwe kuri 315 byagombaga kugenzurwa, ni ukuvuga gusa 33% yabyo. Birumvikana ko iyo izo nzego zose zigenzurwa, imicungire mibi yari kurenga miriyari mirongo itandatu (FRW 60,000,000,000) ujanishije. Ni akayabo karenze urugero kangana n'ingengo y'imari y'imyaka itatu igenewe amashuri yisumbuye. Umutungo wa Leta ucunzwe neza ni ukuvugako abana bajya mu mashuri y'isumbuye ubu bashobora kwikuba gatatu, ndetse birenze.

   Raporo irashyira ahagaragara imicungire mibi y'imari n'umutungo bya Leta. Amakosa ni menshi, muri yo haravugwa :

   • kutagaragaza amakonti ya banki;
   • gusohora amafaranga nta rupapuro na rumwe rubisobanura cyangwa se nta mpapuro zuzuye ziyasobanura;
   • gusesagura umutungo wa Leta;
   • guha abakozi amafaranga batemerewe n'amategeko;
   • gutanga amasoko bitanyuze muri Komite ibishinzwe cyangwa nta mpapuro zuzuye;
   • gucunga nabi umutungo utimukanwa;
   • imicungire mibi y'amakonti;
   • kutishyura imyenda yafashwe muri Banki y'amajyambere y'u Rwanda – BRD.

   Kunyereza no gusesagura umutungo wa Leta bigaragarira kandi :

   • mu kwishyura ibikoresho bitageze mu bubiko;
   • kwishyura amafaranga arenze imirimo yakozwe;
   • kugura ibintu bihenze barenze ibihendutse bareba;
   • guhemba abakozi batagikora.

    

   Mu ncamake, hagaragaye amafaranga angana na :

   • 502,774,678 Frw yasohowe n'inzego zitandukanye adafite impapuro ziyasobanura ;
   • 3,264,726,868 Frw y'imyenda inzego za Leta ziberewemo itaragarajwe mu bitabo by'ibaruramari;
   • 2,347,202,528Frw y'imyenda inzego za Leta zibereyemo abandi itaragaragajwe mu bitabo by'ibaruramari ;
   • 11,479,540,680 Frw y'amasoko yatanzwe bitanyuze mu kanama gashinzwe gutanga amasoko cyangwa itujuje ibisabwa;
   • 1,747,085,054 Frw yanyerejwe;
   • 1,054,529,243 Frw yakoreshejwe bitari ngombwa.

   Muri Raporo ya Komisiyo y'Inteko Nshingamategeko ishinzwe imikoreshereze y'imari n'umutungo bya Leta, hari amafaranga yagaragajwe ko yanyerejwe n'ayasesaguwe, muri yo harimo ayaburiwe irengero, ayibwe, ayabuze kubera ukutubahiriza amategeko y'imisoro, ayishyuwe ku mirimo itakozwe n'ayishyuwe y'ikirenga nta mpamvu zibigaragaza.

   Mu nzego za Leta n'ibigo byagaragayemo kunyereza umutungo, twavuga kw'isonga :

   • Akarere ka Ngororero : 1,282,106,666 Frw;
   • Onatracom : 252,045,834 Frw;
   • Akarere ka Kayonza : 99,058,435 Frw;
   • Common Development Fund : 28,207,750 Frw;
   • Central Public Investment and External Finance Bureau : 22,367,000 Frw;
   • Akarere ka Rubavu : 21,133,680 Frw.

   Mu nzego zasesaguye zigakoresha imari bitari ngombwa, agizwe cyane cyane n'ibihano bicibwa kubera kutamenyekanisha no kutishyura imisoro inyuranye n'imisanzu y'isanduku y'ubwiteganirize bw'abakozi (CSR), gushyira umukono kuri za sheki zitazigamiwe, kwishyura imirimo itakozwe n'ibihano bicibwa n'inkiko. twavuga nka :

   • Mineduc : 163,369,057 Frw;
   • Rwanda National Examination Council : 156,670,770 Frw;
   • Akarere ka Kicukiro : 110,000,755 Frw;
   • Organe national de poursuite judiciaire : 102,266,140 Frw;
   • National Electoral Commission : 98,908,759 Frw ;
   • Umugi wa Kigali : 84,997,334 Frw ;
   • Genocide Survivors Fund – FARG : 68,975,488 Frw.

   Andi 248,200,000 Frw y'ikirenga yishyuwe ku masoko, 22,367,000 Frw y'ibikoresho by'ikoranabuhanga byibwe, 25,860,000 Frw yahawe imishinga itariho (CDF), 7,889,065 Frw yibwe kuri konti y'umurenge, 1,100,000 Frw y'umushinga wo guhinga imboga yibwe, 986,000 Frw yibwe kuri konti y'amakoperative.

    

   Mu nzitizi zagaragajwe zituma kwishyuza umutungo wa Leta wanyerejwe bidakorwa neza, harimo ko : nta teka rya Perezida wa Republika cyangwa rya Ministri ririho riteganya uburyo imitungo ya Leta yanyerejwe yishyurwa, ubugenzuzi bukuru bw'imari ya Leta nta bushobozi bufite bwo gukora igenzura nyaryo ku nzego, igitugu n'icyenewabo mw'itanga amasoko, abiba bahindurirwa za minisiteri cyangwa ikigo, nyuma bakikomereza kwiba ntawe ushobora kubahana. Byagaragaye kandi ko hari Raporo yanditswe isaba gushyiraho Komisiyo ishinzwe gukurikirana imitungo idafite beneyo n'ikurikiranwa ry'umutungo wa Leta itigeze yigwa na Leta, ngo isohoke ishyirwe mu bikorwa. Nyamara mu bindi bihugu habaho ibigo byihariye bishinzwe kwishyuza ; ubutegetsi bwo mu Rwanda rw'ubu bukomeje kurigisa umutungo wa Leta nta nkomyi.

   Raporo iragaragaza kandi amakosa mu micungire y'imishinga: komisiyo ibishinzwe yerekanye ko hari ibibazo mu itegurwa ry'imishinga, imicungire yayo, ikurikirana n'imenyekanisha ryayo ku bo igenewe biterwa n'abategurira Guverinoma iyo mishinga bagaragaza inyungu izagirira abaturage ariko yamara gushyirwaho ntibayikurikirane uko bikwiye ngo igere ku ntego iba yarashyiriweho.

   Nk'uko byavuzwe hejuru, iyi Raporo nti nka cya giti gihisha ishyamba. Imari n'umutungo binyerezwa cyangwa bisesagurwa ni akayabo karenze ubwenge. Ku buryo umuntu yakwibaza impamvu za Minisiteri cyangwa ibigo binyuramo imari n'ibikoresho byinshi kandi bihenda, byo bitigeze bigenzurwa, nta nubwo byari kuri lisiti yo kugenzurwa. Aha twavuga nka Minisiteri y'ingabo z'igihugu, EWSA (Electrogaz).

   Leta y'u Rwanda yakunze kwamamaza mu gihugu, ariko cyane cyane hanze y'igihugu, ko irangwa no gucunga neza ibya rubanda. Bavugako utigerera ibwami abeshywa kenshi.

   Igice kinini cy'misoro yakwa biragaragara ko gishirira mu mifuka y'abategetsi kandi yari igenewe guteza imbere ubuzima bw'abenegihugu. Aho kugirango hashyirwe imbaraga mu kugarura imitungo iba yanyerejwe, ahubwo ubu abaturage bari mu kaga gakomeye kuko Leta yazamuye imisoro cyane muri uyu mwaka wa 2012, ku buryo hari n'aho yikubye inshuro enye cyangwa zirenga. Ibi bigasa nkaho abaturage aribo bagiye kwishyura ingaruka z'igihombo kiba cyatejwe no kunyereza no gucunga nabi ibya rubanda.

   FDU -Inkingi irasaba ko za ministeri n'inzego zindi zitagenzuwe, nazo zakoreshwa byihutirwa igenzuramutungo, kuko bigaragara ko n'agace gato kagenzuwe, kagaragaje inyerezamutungo rikabije. Ibi biteye isoni niba kunyereza ibya rubanda bihindutse umuco.

   FDU- Inkingi irasaba ko kugena imisoro bikwiye gushingira ku bushobozi bwa buri musoreshwa. Kuko kutabushingiraho bisa n'aho ari ugukandamiza no guhonyora ab'intege nkeya.

   FDU -Inkingi irasaba kandi Leta gutangaza bidatinze ingamba zo gukurikirana, guhana no kugaruza umutungo wa rubanda. Turasaba inzego zibishinzwe guhita zikurikirana abarebwa n'iri nyerezwa nta robanura no gukingirwa ikibaba.

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http://salem-news.com/articles/march062012/rwanda-funds.php

Rwanda: Authorities Continue Embezzling Public Funds with Impunity

Submitted and Edited by: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW Salem-News.com

Money disappeared, some was stolen; more went missing because tax laws were not properly enforced.

Paul Kagame photo courtesy: hpronline.org

(KIGALI, Rwanda) - Over 20 billion (20,000,000,000) Frw or $40 million US dollars have been embezzled from Rwanda national treasury. One gets these numbers by putting together figures and spreadsheets that were recently made public in a report written by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), a commission of the Rwandan legislative assembly, in charge of monitoring the utilization of public funds and assets.

The report which was presented to the legislative assembly on February 15, 2012 illustrates the bad stewardship of public funds and assets during the fiscal year 2009-2010.

This 59 page report gives an overwhelming account of embezzled public funds found in 104 institutions including ministries, projects and agencies among 315 institutions that were scheduled to be audited. That is only 33% of the total institutions that were scheduled to be audited.

It is quite obvious that this embezzled amount could have reached a prorated 60,000,000,000 FRW should all those institutions had been audited as planned.

This is an extraordinary fortune representing 3 times the budget appropriation to higher education for one year. That means that if public funds were managed conscientiously, the number of students attending college could increase at least three folds.

The report clearly shows mismanagement of public funds and assets. At fault are many things but hereafter are some of government's wrongdoings:

· Concealing bank accounts;

· Withdrawing money leaving no paper trail or simply without proper documentation;

· Squandering public funds;

· Illegally disbursing funds to employees

· Tendering markets without approval of the tendering commission or without proper documentation

· Real estate mismanagement

· Bank account mismanagement;

· Non-payment of debts owed to Rwanda Development Bank (BRD);

Embezzling and squandering public funds assets appear as follows:

· Paying for equipments that never made it to the storage;

· Paying more than the cost of the performed work;

· Buying expensive goods while cheap ones are available;

· Paying phantom salaries to employees no longer on the payroll;

In short, the amount of the embezzled money that was made public is as follows;

· 502,774,678 Frw withdrawn by different government services without proper documentation

· 3,264,726,868 Frw of unaccounted debts owed to government services;

· 2,348.2-2.529 Frw of debts government services owe to creditors that are unaccounted for in the books;

· 11,479,540,680 Frw of markets tendered bypassing the government market tendering commission or not meeting the market tendering requirements;

· 1,747,085,054 Frw simply embezzled;

· 1,054,529,243 Frw spent on frivolities.

In the above report, part of that money disappeared, another part of it was stolen, while another part of it went missing because tax laws were not properly enforced. Additionally, part of that money was spent on work that was never performed and the money that was overpaid without valid justification.

Among institutions and agencies that were found to embezzle public funds, there are on the top of the list:

· Ngororero District: 1,282,106,666 Frw

· ONATRACOM: 252,045,834 Frw

· Kayonza District: 99,058,435 Frw

· Common Development Fund (CDF): 28,207,750 Frw;

· Central Public Investment and External Finance Bureau: 22,367,000 Frw;

· Rubavu District: 21,133,680 Frw.

Some institutions squandered public funds when it was not necessary such as the fines they incured because they do not reveal or do not pay back taxes of all kind, contributions to Social Security Fund (CSR), signing checks without sufficient funds, paying for work that was never done and court fees. They include the following intuitions:

· Ministry of Education (Mineduc): 163,369,057 Frw;

· Rwanda National Examination Council: 156,670,770 Frw;

· Kicukiro District: 110,000,755 Frw;

· National Prosecution Body: 102,266,140 Frw;

· National Electoral Commission: 98,908,759 Frw;

· The City of Kigali: 84,997,334 Frw;

· Genocide Survivors Fund-FARG: 68,975,488 Frw

Another 248,200,000 Frw in excess were paid on markets, 22,367,000 Frw of stolen high tech equipments, 25,860,000 Frw spent on non-existent projects (CDF), 7,889,065 Frw stolen from the Sector's account, 1,100,000 Frw stolen from the vegetable growing project, 986,000 Frw stolen from cooperative project account. Among obstacles made public that make it hard to recover embezzled government funds there is the fact that: no presidential or ministerial decree has ever issued to establish how embezzled government funds should be recovered, the higher government finance inspection office has no authority to do real inspection on services, tyranny and despotism in market tendering, those who embezzle are simply transferred to other ministries or government agencies where they continue stealing with impunity. It has indeed come to our attention that there was a written report requesting a commission charged with tracking down properties without owners and government funds that were never accounted for by the government, so that they can be made public and acted upon. While other countries have dedicated agencies commissioned to recover debts, the current government of Rwanda continues to embezzle government funds with impunity.

Additionally, the report highlights wrongdoings in projects' management: the above commission showed that there are problems in the conception of projects, their management, their monitoring and their promotion within the population mostly owing to the fact that the people who conceive these projects show clearly that the population will benefit from them but upon inception the government fails to thoroughly monitor these projects to make sure that they fulfill the assigned goals.

As mentioned above, this report is a small detail that distracts us from the bigger picture. The funds and assets that are embezzled and squandered are countless. One may wonder why the Ministries and government agencies that channel a lot of funds and most expensive equipment were not audited. They were not even on the list of institutions that were supposed to be audited. These include for instance, the Ministry of Defense and EWSA (Energy, Water and Sanitation Authority) mostly known as ELECTROGAZ.

The Rwandan Government has frequently claimed inside Rwanda and abroad to be corruption-free. Thus the Rwandan saying: "He who does not get into the King's courtyard is told a lot of lies".

Most of taxpayer's money ends up in the pockets of Rwandan officials while that money is meant to improve the wellbeing of Rwandan citizens. Instead of putting more effort in recovering the embezzled funds, the government increased taxes for this year 2012. In some areas, taxes increased at least 4 times so that the population is completely desperate. It seems like the population is paying the price for government's budget deficit due to embezzlement and mismanagement of public funds.

The party FDU-INKINGI requests that all ministries and institutions which have not been mentioned in the above report to be audited as soon as possible because the very few institutions that were audited showed overwhelming embezzlement. It is indeed shameful if embezzlement of public funds has become common practice in Rwanda. The party FDU-INKINGI requests that tax laws be based on taxpayer's income. Ignoring this fact amounts to oppressing and smashing low income people.

The party FDU-INKINGI also requests the government to outline without delay the measures aimed at prosecuting, punishing and recovering embezzled public funds. We call upon all competent institutions to immediately prosecute the culprits of such embezzlement equally and fairly.

FDU-INKINGI

Boniface Twagirimana

Interim Vice President